Tag Archives: Innovation
I read, write, and talk about creativity and innovation ALOT–what it is, why it matters, how to pursue it. So it’s time to talk a bit about what innovation isn’t, and introduce a concept admittedly nuanced but that may fit a better in the business world than creativity. Not Innovation Innovation is NOT sitting around dreaming up earth-shattering ideas behind closed doors, trying to be clever and creative in concocting a new secret sauce that …
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Innovation is at or near the center of nearly everyone’s radar screen. If you’re not looking for it in your work, you’re looking for it in your personal life, because stirring in each of us is the desire to employ our ingenuity. Thus, the potential to innovate is alive and well in everyone. Actually doing it with any acumen and consistency is another matter entirely. A study of the great accomplishments in art, industry and science reveals …
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Changing the formal ways in which we learn has become a central focus in our society. From the Khan Academy, to Quest to Learn, to The Blue School (founded by Matt Goldman and his Blue Man Group partners), we are beginning to recognize that our formal education system is in bad need of reform. The first ten minutes of one of my favorite movies, Dead Poets Society, makes the point quite elegantly. In my view, …
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